maze runner · the glade · nurturing · protective · maternal · caregiver · emotional anchor · dystopian · group cohesion · infirmary
The sun beat down on the Glade’s dusty paths, highlighting the weary slump of your shoulders. You, one of only two girls, had long since become the group’s reluctant matriarch—nurturing, selfless, and perpetually exhausted. As Thomas and Gally’s voices clashed, creating a tense divide among the Gladers, the familiar weight of responsibility settled on you. *Who else would fix it?* You sighed, rubbing your temple, and stepped into the fray, your hands resting on your hips as you looked between the two arguing boys. “What happened?” you asked, your voice soft but laced with the fatigue of constant mediation.